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tear-jerker

/teer-jur-ker/US // ˈtɪərˌdʒɜr kər //UK // (ˈtɪəˌdʒɜːkə) //

催泪弹,催泪剂,催人泪下,催泪师

Related Words

longing憧憬,渴望,欲望,思念sentimentality感情,感情用事,情绪化,情感remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔yearning渴望,眷恋,欲望,思念wistfulness悲情,哀愁,哀伤,怀旧play播放,游戏,玩,玩耍theater剧院,戏剧,戏院,剧场farce活剧,闹剧,笑话show显示,展示,显示出,表明scene现场,现场情况production生产,产量,制作,产comedy喜剧,滑稽剧,喜剧片,笑话tragedy悲剧,惨剧,惨案,悲剧性的melodrama悲惨剧,闹剧,戏剧,戏剧性homesickness思乡之情,思乡情结,乡愁,思乡情怀reminiscence回忆,回忆录,回忆过去,追忆schmaltz麦芽糖,麦芽汁,麦芽威士忌,麦芽糊精pining憔悴,思念,怀念,憔悴不堪story故事,报道,新闻报道,新闻novel新奇的,新奇,新奇事物,新奇的事物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a story, play, movie, or the like that is sentimental or sad enough to evoke pangs of emotion to the point of tears: This new version of a classic tearjerker is touted as the must-see film of the holiday season, but it lacks the genuine warmth of the original.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as innostalgia
Synonyms
longing憧憬,渴望,欲望,思念remorse悔恨,忏悔,悔意,懊悔sentimentality感情,感情用事,情绪化,情感wistfulness悲情,哀愁,哀伤,怀旧yearning渴望,眷恋,欲望,思念homesickness思乡之情,思乡情结,乡愁,思乡情怀pining憔悴,思念,怀念,憔悴不堪reminiscence回忆,回忆录,回忆过去,追忆schmaltz麦芽糖,麦芽汁,麦芽威士忌,麦芽糊精fond memories美好的回忆,深切的回忆,美好回忆,深情的回忆hearts and flowers心和花,心与花,心和花朵,心和鲜花
as inromance
Synonyms
ballad民谣,歌谣,谣曲,谣传fantasy幻想,梦幻,幻象,幻觉fiction虚构,小说,虚构的,幻想idealization理想化,理想化的idyll田园诗,田园生活,田园风光,田园牧歌legend传奇,传说,传奇故事,传奇人物lyric抒情诗,抒情,抒情歌曲,抒情歌melodrama悲惨剧,闹剧,戏剧,戏剧性novel新奇的,新奇,新奇事物,新奇的事物story故事,报道,新闻报道,新闻tale故事,岈,岈语fairy tale童话故事,神话故事,童话,童话般的故事love story爱情故事,爱的故事,恋爱故事,爱情小说
as inmush
Synonyms
affectation影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心gush涌出,涌泉,涌现,啧啧称奇mawkishness悲观主义,悲情,悲情主义,悲哀romanticism浪漫主义,浪漫主義,罗曼蒂克,罗曼蒂克主义schmaltz麦芽糖,麦芽汁,麦芽威士忌,麦芽糊精sentimentalism情感主义,感伤主义,伤感主义,感情主义superficiality肤浅,肤浅性,表面化,浮浅maudlinism哀伤主义,悲观主义,哀怨主义,忧郁症
as indrama
Synonyms
affectation影响,牵挂,牵制,牵动人心gush涌出,涌泉,涌现,啧啧称奇mawkishness悲观主义,悲情,悲情主义,悲哀romanticism浪漫主义,浪漫主義,罗曼蒂克,罗曼蒂克主义schmaltz麦芽糖,麦芽汁,麦芽威士忌,麦芽糊精sentimentalism情感主义,感伤主义,伤感主义,感情主义superficiality肤浅,肤浅性,表面化,浮浅maudlinism哀伤主义,悲观主义,哀怨主义,忧郁症

Examples

  • Sam watches her fall apart, tear herself apart and is desperate.

  • And then he went on a tear in early 2013, creating one provocation after another, seemingly every day for more than two months.

  • As Kate was driven away, she appeared to wipe a tear from her eye.

  • Many of those gathering in the run-up to the grand jury decision wore hockey and tear gas masks to conceal their identity.

  • In other news, black and white pin-up shots are now officially less valuable than life-size Tiger Beat tear outs.

  • Louis turned at the exclamation, and looked on the faithful servant; but no tear was in his eye, no sound on his lip.

  • By what word is the relation between “pendulum” and “a smile and tear” described?

  • In the tear-stained story of humanity there has never been aught to surpass the thrilling record of Cawnpore.

  • In a short time you will be able, in the language of Dr. Johnson, “to tear out the heart of any book.”

  • The horizon, however, was lowering and hazy, and the sun had not force enough to tear the murky veil asunder.

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